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melodic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective melodic has 2 senses
- melodic(a = adj.all) melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"
- melodic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to melody; "melodic harmony"
CIDE DICTIONARY
melodic, a. [L. melodicus, Gr. : cf. F. mélodique.].
Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
melodic, adj.
1 of or relating to melody.
2 having or producing melody.
1 of or relating to melody.
2 having or producing melody.
Idiom
melodic minor a scale with the sixth and seventh degrees raised when ascending and lowered when descending.
Derivative
melodically adv.
Etymology
F m{eacute}lodique f. LL melodicus f. Gk meloidikos (as MELODY)
THESAURUS
melodic
achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, canorous, cantabile, catchy, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fine-toned, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, honeyed, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, rich, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tunable, tuned, tuneful
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